Spartanburg: Cavis & Trimmier, Printers, 1859. Original printed wrappers [light spotting, old institutional duplicate rubberstamp, blank corner chip to rear wrap], stitched. 32pp. Very Good. The activities of the Association, with names and functions of participants in the Meeting and their doings, are detailed. With reports on foreign and... More

Boston: 1865. 15, [1]pp. Printed in double columns, disbound, partly loosened. Light wear and toning. Original printed prefatory leaf is a letter from George Stearns, announcing his intention "to organize the radical force of the country" and urging purchasers to buy 300 copies of this item for five dollars. Good+... More

Middletown [CT]: Tertius Dunning, 1812. Contemporary paper-covered boards [rebacked in period style]. [2], 186 pp. Untrimmed, occasional toning and mild foxing. Very Good. A rare printing of a judicial rarity: the trial of a master for murdering his slave. American Imprints, locating only one copy [Fisk University], suggests incorrectly... More

London: 1767. 46pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Written "to make known the aggravated iniquity attending the practice of the Slave-Trade," this pamphlet contrasts the brutal hardships of the Middle Passage and West Indian slavery with the pleasant, civilized life in West Africa from which the slaves were torn. This... More

[Philadelphia? 1856]. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Pinned, untrimmed, lightly worn. Good+. Bigler had just completed his term as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, and had begun his service as United States Senator. His July 4 oration doubles as a presidential campaign message. "Whatever others may do, as for me and... More

[Cincinnati? 1859]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, light margin spotting. Good+. Blair explains his pet project: combining emancipation with colonization "in the congenial regions of the American tropics, for such of our negroes as are now free, or who hereafter may be enfranchised by States or individuals, and... More

New York: Hall, Clayton & Medole, Printers, 1863. 20pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Very Good plus. Blair rejects the 'State Suicide' notion-- advocated by the Rebels as well as Radical Republicans-- that the seceded States have lost their character as such; and, though opposed to slavery, he supports the... More

1863. [n.p., 1863]. 20pp, disbound without wrappers, light margin foxing. Very Good. Blair warns of "ultra-Abolitionists", who "seek to make a caste of another color by amalgamating the black element with the free white labor of our land, and so to expand far beyond the present confines of slavery... More

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1893. iii, 286, [2] pp, as issued. Original cloth [a couple of small red marks]. Else Very Good. "A valuable collection of detailed, first-hand accounts of Port Royal experiences by an outstanding Northern teacher" [Nevins]. "Life and work among the Negroes near Port Royal South Carolina... More

Cincinnati: Published at the Office of the Danville Review, 1861. 43, [3 blank] pp. Original green printed wrappers, stitched, light wear. Very Good plus. Breckinridge condemns the abolitionists-- "a small and fierce party, scattered through some of the Northern States"-- as well as the "spirit of lawlessness and anarchy"... More

[Brooklyn? 1891]. Octavo sheet, folded to [4] pp. Very Good. All twenty incorporators and managers were women. The organization, located in Brooklyn, intends "to provide, support and maintain a Christian, non-sectarian Home for aged colored men and women." In the early 1890's it housed about twenty people; a decade or... More

Brooklyn: Printed by I. Van Anden, 1849. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 46, [2 blanks] pp. Light occasional dusting, Very Good. The Board of Education was created by an 1843 statute. This, with other relevant laws relating to common schools in Brooklyn, is printed here. The pamphlet also lists the thirteen... More

Frederick County, Maryland: August 10, 1842. [2] pp. 8" x 12 1/2". Written entirely in manuscript, and signed by James Raymond, Attorney for the State. Docketed, "State of Md vs. Negro Brooks | A True Bill | Kimmel | Foreman." Old folds, causing some splitting and several early, crude repairs. Several letters affected but not lost. About Good+. More

[Albany: 1863]. 16pp, dbd, caption title [as issued]. Old institutinal stamp, Good+. "Published by the State Union Ex. Committee." During the course of Butler's call to arms, he vigorously defends emancipating and arming the slaves. This is one of several 1863 printings. Sabin 9615n. More